Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Green Bangkok Bike

I tried out the Green Bangkok Bike ride circuit.First of all a photo of my passport was taken.
Apparently there's green cycle lane to follow but the green lane isn't always clearly laid out or not.
I got a bit lost on the way to the Swing monument.
Before hand I'd stopped at a Chinese Phamarcy for a breather;luckily the people working there gave me a cool refreshing glass of water.
Between the Democracy monument the cycle lane was on the pavement!but the Thai people aren't really aware of the cycle lane and of course it was blocked;not really a good place for a cycle lane!
Cars double parked on the way back even though there was a No Parking sign made it diificult to stay on the cycle lane.
Interesting bike ride but it would have been more enjoyable without the traffic jams,exhaust fumes from the Tuk Tuks and the old run down buses so sometimes it was better to cycle on the pavement.
It was better on the few stretches of green marked cycle lanes when there was a very lttle traffic.Still it was good to explore by an environmentally friendly means of transport but I could obviously do without Bangkok's pollution!

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Monday, August 4, 2008

Sukhothai

Sukhothai is very similar to the city of Athuytha with its many temples and Buddah statues.But on the way there during a short break in the seven hour coach journey the onset of food poisoning hit me in fact just ten minutes;the Thai dish of beef,vegetables and rice didn't agree with my stomach at all.I don't normally eat the food from those kind of places but I thought I should eat something;a big mistake,the food had most likely been sitting in the tin tray all day long.
Anyway the full impact of the dodgy food really hit me in the afternoon while cycling the Historical part city of Sukhothai.My stomach started aching and my whole body ached and I started sweating profusely well I won't go into more details.
The higlight of Sukhothai for me was the Buddah at Wat Chum especially after seeing many photos and postcards of it.